Chinese Mini Power Steering Pumps
If you are looking for a Mini Power Steering Pump you may have come across sellers, particularly in the UK, specifically stating that they ONLY use genuine ZF/BMW parts and NOT ANY originating from China.
As a business which solely re-manufactures this particular pump it is highly likely that we have had sight of more Mini Power Steering Pumps than any other business in the last 10 years, definitely within the UK.
So what's the hype?
It is inferred by other companies, not ourselves, that the Chinese Mini Power Steering Pumps are off lesser quality and could therefore be less reliable.
As we write this in April 2025, there would not appear to be are mass of Chinese variants (complete or in parts) in circulation within the UK. The Chinese variants have been available for many years - primarily sold via merchants on Chinese Ecommerce Platforms.
In this time we have seen only TWO.
As we have only had 'hands on' with TWO Chinese Pumps it is difficult at this stage to cast any opinion on any single variant produced in China - particularly as they are not originating from a single source.
So to summarise, on one hand there was nothing of SIGNIFICANT CONCERN OR OF ALARMING QUALITY with either of the two pumps we had in our workshop for rebuild, however if you are considering purchasing one yourself we would suggest carrying out your own due diligence as to the quality of the offering and the lifetime cost effectiveness - particularly consider if you did experience a problem during the warranty, you could be waiting quite some time for resolution given the distances involved for returning the item.
You could likely do much worse by selecting a UK based supplier with questionable morals and product quality, this is our opinion based on our direct experience in receiving competitor pumps for repair that are sadly inside of the competitors advertised warranty. They have ended up with us, that's not right, a customer has lost out - the original supplier has not.
Of course the safe bet is to purchase from ourselves because regardless of where in the world any of our OE specification components originated we rigorously test every one of our builds to ensure that failures of pumps from LJSAS are something akin to spotting a unicorn.
As always, please reach out to us via WhatsApp 01636 337339 if you have any questions or comments for us, particularly if you have any ideas for new blog articles.